Podcast Episodes

732: Siddharth Kara, part 1: Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

Episode 732

Living unsustainably means you need resources beyond your immediate environment. It requires you take from others. When done on a cultural level, it's known as imperialism. When we take their land to…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

731: Debate and Understanding on Population Projections with Wolfgang Lutz and Chris Bystroff

Episode 731

I hosted two professionals who model population growth with different views, some complementary, some conflicting: Wolfgang Lutz and Chris Bystroff. I learned from both and recommend listening to the…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

730: Tony Hansen, part 1 : McKinsey's Director of Natural Capital and Nature

Episode 730

Most of the partners I know at the top tier consulting firms have worked there since business school. Tony has a different background, as he describes at the beginning.

Because the Firm influences peo…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

729: How to Develop a Sustainability Leadership Culture in Your Organization: a Panel I moderated

Episode 729

If no one is changing culture in your world, it's your opportunity to fill the leadership vacuum, no matter where you are in your organization or communities.

Many companies are making strides toward …

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

728: Chefs Irene and Margaret Li, part1: Winning Awards Saving Perfectly Good Food

Episode 728

I first read about Margaret and Irene and their book Perfectly Good Food: A Totally Achievable Zero Waste Approach to Home Cooking in an article on doof in the New Yorker. Then the next week the maga…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

727: Fun, liberation, freedom: How people talk after seriously acting on sustainability

Episode 727

Evelyn joined the first workshop I led in the Spodek Method: practicing it, leading others through it, and how to create a movement. She then became the teaching assistant for the next two workshops.…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

726: Amy Westervelt, part 1: Showing What's Actually Happening Behind the Scenes

Episode 726

Amy hosts and produces a lot of podcasts, but Drilled is the big one I've listened to a lot. I listen partly to learn what happens behind the scenes and in the past in the fossil fuel industry. She's…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

725: Gautam Mukunda, part 3: The Spodek Method Doesn't Always Create a Huge Mindset Shift

Episode 725

Gautam and I had a lovely conversation about environmental things. He's become a good friend (we talk outside our recordings). Still, listen to determine for yourself, but I'd say this conversation e…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

724: Dr. Michael Greger, part 2: How Not to Age

Episode 724

I follow Doctor Greger's newsletter and watch his videos every week. I unsubscribe from nearly everything else.

In this episode we get a sneak preview of his next book, How Not to Age. Since he mostly…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

723: David Blight, part 2: A Constitutional Amendment on Stewardship Based on the Thirteenth and John Locke

Episode 723

I've spoken to several guests about the idea of a constitutional stewardship amendment in the style of the Thirteenth Amendment, complementary to a Green Amendment. Amendments tend to pass in waves s…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago